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Author Hitchings, Henry, 1974-

Title Defining the world : the extraordinary story of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary / Henry Hitchings.

Publication Info. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  423 HITCHINGS    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  423 H63    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  423 H63    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  423 HITCHINGS    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  423 HI    Check Shelf
Edition First American edition.
Description viii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Note "Originally published in 2005 by John Murray (Publishers) ... as Dr. Johnson's Dictionary: the extraordinary story of the book that defined the world"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-278) and index.
Contents Adventurous -- Amulet -- Apple -- Bookworm -- Commoner - Darkling -- To decamp -- To dissipate -- English -- Entrance -- Factotum -- To gather -- Higgledy-piggledy -- Lexicographer -- Library -- Melancholy -- Microscope -- Network -- Nicety -- To note -- Opinionist -- Opulence -- Pastern -- Patron -- Philology -- Pleasureful -- To preface -- Publication -- Reception -- Triumphant -- Ubiquity -- Variety -- Weightiness -- X -- Zootomy.
Subject Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784. Dictionary of the English language.
English language -- Lexicography -- History -- 18th century.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- History and criticism.
English language -- 18th century -- Lexicography.
Added Title Dr. Johnson's Dictionary
ISBN 0374113025 alkaline paper
Standard No. 9780374113025
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